Month: September 2017

3:00 AM ET Jon Culley at Edgbaston Somerset 282 (Abell 82; Singh 5-72) and 265 for 4 dec (Trescothick 119*, Hildreth 68, Abell 51) beat Warwickshire 146 (Barker 52; Leach 5-50, Overton 4-33) and 232 (Trott 74, Groenewald 5-58) by 169 runs. In the end, after a morning of frustration followed by a good many anxious skywards glances as a convoy of dark clouds loomed one after another over the…

Butcher: Stokes irresistible when he finds his mojo (2:22) Mark Butcher joins Melinda Farrell to look back on an opening day full of wickets in the deciding Test at Lord’s (2:22) 3:00 AM ET Lunch England 64 for 5 (Stokes 24*, Bairstow 0*) trail West Indies 123 (Stokes 6-22) by 59 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Only 4.2 overs were possible on a rain-lashed morning of the second day at…

9:39 AM ET ESPNcricinfo staff Graham Ford is set to take over as Ireland’s head coach in December, when the incumbent John Bracewell’s contract comes to an end. Ford, the 56-year-old former South African first-class cricketer, has signed a three-year deal with Cricket Ireland. In June, Ford ended his second stint as Sri Lanka’s head coach, stepping down after 15 months of a tenure that was originally scheduled to stretch…

3:00 AM ET Worcestershire 243 (Barnard 55, Mullaney 4-31) and 229 for 2 (Mitchell 139*) beat Nottinghamshire 193 (Barnard 4-71) and 275 (Wessels 60, Leach 5-69) by eight wickets Daryl Mitchell led Worcestershire’s reply with a century Getty Images There was to be no perfect send-off for Chris Read in his final Championship match at Trent Bridge. Instead, after two decades of distinguished service, it all ended with a first defeat…

3:00 AM ET ECB Reporters Network Gloucestershire 368 (Bracey 63, Roderick 57, Dent 57, and 15 for 0 beat Leicestershire 222 (Cosgrove 92, Shaw 4-54) and 160 (Cosgove 68, Norwell 8-43) by 10 wickets Liam Norwell was in the wickets again Getty Images Liam Norwell took the final three wickets in Leicestershire’s second innings to finish with a first-class career best return of 8 for 43 as Gloucestershire completed a ten-wicket…

Butcher: Stokes irresistible when he finds his mojo (2:22) Mark Butcher joins Melinda Farrell to look back on an opening day full of wickets in the deciding Test at Lord’s (2:22) 3:00 AM ET Lunch England 64 for 5 (Stokes 24*, Bairstow 0*) trail West Indies 123 (Stokes 6-22) by 59 runsLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details Only 4.2 overs were possible on a rain-lashed morning of the second day at…

7:26 AM ET Preity Zinta, Bollywood actress and co-owner of Kings XI Punjab, has taken over the Stellenbosch franchise of South Africa’s T20 Global League, bringing the total IPL owners in the tournament to three. Cape Town Knight Riders are owned by Shah Rukh Khan, who also knows Kolkata Knight Riders, while the Jo’burg Giants were bought by the GMR group, who also own Delhi Daredevils. Stellenbosch was the only…

4:27 AM ET Adam Collins Collapses. Why do they happen? It is a question the Australian leadership leave Bangladesh with, in urgent need of a solution. By taking time out from the India ODI tour preceding the Ashes, much as he did in 2013, the coach Darren Lehmann has given himself the chance to ponder this question in some detail. In Chittagong, it was a 7 for 79 stumble that…

The Pakistan fast bowler, Rumman Raees, has married Karachi-based totally Ayesha, in gulistan-e-johar region of the port town. The 25-yr-antique took his baraat from gulshan-e-usman society near tremendous motorway to gulistan-e-johar in which a marriage ceremony was hosted with the aid of the bride’s circle of relatives. The cricket famous person is the simplest brother of his 4 sisters. His walima rite may be held on Thursday (nowadays). Team Pakistan…